Willing to Die: A Novel
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Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan. Willing to Die: A Novel
CHAPTER I. an arrival
CHAPTER II. our curiosity is piqued
CHAPTER III. the thief in the night
CHAPTER IV. my father
CHAPTER V. the little black book
CHAPTER VI. a stranger appears
CHAPTER VII. tasso
CHAPTER VIII. thunder
CHAPTER IX. awakened
CHAPTER X. a sight from the windows
CHAPTER XI. catastrophe
CHAPTER XII. our guest
CHAPTER XIII. meeting in the garden
CHAPTER XIV. the intruder
CHAPTER XV. a warning
CHAPTER XVI. doubts
CHAPTER XVII. lemuel blount
CHAPTER XVIII. identified
CHAPTER XIX. pistols for two
CHAPTER XX. the wood of plas ylwd
CHAPTER XXI. the patient at plas ylwd
CHAPTER XXII. the outlaw
CHAPTER XXIII. a journey
CHAPTER XXIV. arrivals
CHAPTER XXV. the doctor's news
CHAPTER XXVI. lady lorrimer
CHAPTER XXVII. what can she mean?
CHAPTER XXVIII. a semi-quarrel
CHAPTER XXIX. my bouquet
CHAPTER XXX. the knight of the black castle
CHAPTER XXXI. rustication
CHAPTER XXXII. at the george and dragon
CHAPTER XXXIII. notice to quit
CHAPTER XXXIV. sir harry's answer
CHAPTER XXXV. lady mardykes's ball
CHAPTER XXXVI. news of lady lorrimer
CHAPTER XXXVII. a last look
CHAPTER XXXVIII. storm
CHAPTER XXXIX. farewell, miss ware
CHAPTER XL. a rainy day
CHAPTER XLI. the flitting
CHAPTER XLII. a forlorn hope
CHAPTER XLIII. cold steel
CHAPTER XLIV. an ominous visit
CHAPTER XLV. confidential
CHAPTER XLVI. after office hours
CHAPTER XLVII. sir harry speaks
CHAPTER XLVIII. the old love
CHAPTER XLIX. alone in the world
CHAPTER L. a protector
CHAPTER LI. a warning
CHAPTER LII. mine enemy
CHAPTER LIII. one more chance
CHAPTER LIV. dangerous ground
CHAPTER LV. mr. carmel takes his leave
CHAPTER LVI "love took up the glass of time."
CHAPTER LVII. an awkward proposal
CHAPTER LVIII. danger
CHAPTER LIX. an intruder
CHAPTER LX. sir harry's key
CHAPTER LXI. a discovery
CHAPTER LXII. sir harry withdraws
CHAPTER LXIII. at the three nuns
CHAPTER LXIV. the will
CHAPTER LXV. the serpent's smile
CHAPTER LXVI. laura grey
CHAPTER LXVII. a chapter of explanations
CHAPTER LXVIII. the last of the rokestones
CHAPTER LXIX. search for the will
CHAPTER LXX. a disappointment
CHAPTER LXXI. a woman's heart
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One of the earliest scenes I can remember with perfect distinctness is this. My sister and I, still denizens of the nursery, had come down to take our tea with good old Rebecca Torkill, the Malory housekeeper, in the room we called the cedar parlour. It is a long and rather sombre room, with two tall windows looking out upon the shadowy court-yard. There are on the wall some dingy portraits, whose pale faces peep out, as it were, through a background of black fog, from the canvas; and there is one, in better order than the others, of a grave man in the stately costume of James the First, which hangs over the mantel-piece. As a child I loved this room; I loved the half-decipherable pictures; it was solemn and even gloomy, but it was with the delightful gloom and solemnity of one of Rebecca Torkill's stories of castles, giants, and goblins.
It was evening now, with a stormy, red sky in the west. Rebecca and we two children were seated round the table, sipping our tea, eating hot cake, and listening to her oft-told tale, entitled the Knight of the Black Castle.
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"I'm so glad – I shall feel quite at home. It is the very thing I should have liked," she said; and talked on as I led her to her room, which, though very old-fashioned, looked extremely cosy, with a good fire flickering abroad and above on walls and ceiling.
I remember everything about that evening so well. I have reason to remember Miss Laura Grey. Some people would have said that there was not a regular feature in her face, except her eyes, which were very fine; but she had beautiful little teeth, and a skin wonderfully smooth and clear, and there was refinement and energy in her face, which was pale and spiritual, and indescribably engaging. To my mind, whether according to rule or not, she was nothing short of beautiful.
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